Celebrating Your Stories, Cultivating a Community
Every year, the Confucius Institute U.S. Center recognizes ten outstanding Chinese language and culture students from across the United States for their outstanding dedication to Chinese language and cultural education. These People-to-People Award Honorees are selected through the CIUS Center’s annual essay contest, and this year’s collection of stories truly represents the value and impact of Chinese language and culture from a variety of perspectives.
These 10 stellar students truly represent the diversity found within Chinese language and culture education. While we are unable to celebrate in person at our annual National Honors Gala, this Honoree Celebration is an opportunity to gather virtually and celebrate the outstanding dedication of our honorees to US-China mutual understanding.
Thank you to friends and family of our honorees along with our community of Chinese language and culture educators, advocates, and supporters who participated!
Meet the 2020 Honorees

Shadasia Diaz Baez

Alana Barry

Lorna Bergner

David Fuller

Ryan Hale

Carly Beth Hand

Grace Nwankwo

Juliet Petrus

Ellen Saksena
